Meanings (ES + gloss)
cuña • influencia • influjo • palanca • valimiento
Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
Having relinquished his clout in City Council to run for a place on the county board, and having lost stature by reason of his failure to win the presidency, Duffy was in no positi…
[…]ethics officers themselves often complain that they can recommend but have little clout with which to create real change.
mamporro
A blow with the hand.
One of her goons gave him a clout on the ear.
‘Such a clout on the ear as you gave me… But I soon taught you.’
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